HSI called on the Korean government to review the Environment Ministry’s budget plan and are asking for the adoption of a chemical safety assessment policy using advanced non-animal technologies to replace or minimize animal testing, as mandated by Korean laws on chemicals and new biocides.

As South Korea’s Bok Nal summer season, during which more than one million dogs are killed and eaten as a spicy soup, gets underway, HSI has rescued 149 dogs and new born puppies saved from a dog meat farm in Yesan.

HSI and the Korean Society for Alternatives to Animal Experiments encouraged South Korea's Moon Jae-in administration to prioritise investment in more predictive, human-specific approaches to testing and medical research instead of cruel and often poorly predictive animal models.

HSI rescuers expressed their shock and sadness at conditions at a dog meat farm in South Korea where 55 adult dogs and puppies were being caged in near darkness for the country’s dog meat trade. HSI reached an agreement with the husband and wife dog farmers to permanently close the farm and fly all the dogs to the United States for adoption into loving homes.

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